Jeffery has another double-double as No. 21 Buffs roll

Chucky Jeffery led the Buffs with yet another double-double, but just about everybody in a CU uniform had a game to be proud of in an 84-59 victory against Oregon at Coors Events Center.

"It was so fun," Jeffery said. "It's fun for me to see my teammates hitting shots and things like that. I get more excited for them than I do for myself."

The 21st-ranked Buffs (18-5, 7-5 Pac-12) won their third in a row and sent Oregon (3-21, 1-11) to a fifth consecutive defeat.

Jeffery finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds to post her third consecutive double-double. It's the first time she's done that since the final three games of the 2011-12 season.

Jeffery has 27 double-doubles in her career, including seven this season, and her teammates beamed when talking about how well their senior point guard has been playing of late. Jeffery averaged 18.5 points and 13.0 rebounds during CU's weekend sweep of the Oregon schools, while posting just two turnovers in her 64 minutes on the court.

"I feel like she's really stepped up into the leader role on the team and that's helped her game as well," junior center Rachel Hargis said. "She's staying more even-keel and that's really helped out a lot."

On Sunday, Jeffery certainly wasn't the only star for the Buffs. Brittany Wilson had a team-high 16 points, her highest point total since a Dec. 11 win at Denver.

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In addition to Wilson, Lexy Kresl (12 points), Hargis (10 points) and Jasmine Sborov (eight points) had their highest-scoring games in Pac-12 play. Even freshman walk-on Alexus Atchley got into the act, with a layup in the closing seconds for her first career points.

"It's a lot of fun, especially seeing people that don't normally get to score or get the opportunity to play, like Alexus Atchley; that's great for everybody to get involved," Kresl said.

Kresl buried four 3-pointers, helping CU to a season-high 10 buckets from beyond the arc.

"It's the first true zone we've played pretty much all year, and (it was) just finding the gaps," Kresl said.

CU was the latest team to dominate the Ducks, who came in allowing 76.2 points per game in conference play -- nearly 12 points more per game than any other team.

The Buffs won just about every major statistical category, out-shooting the Ducks 44.9 percent to 38.6, out-rebounding them 42-33 and having just 12 turnovers to 21 for Oregon. The Buffs had 29 points off of Oregon turnovers, and out-scored the Ducks 36-16 in the paint.

"I think it was a team effort," Wilson said. "All-around a great game. I don't think you can ask for anything more from the girls."

Oregon scored 10 in a row to take a 10-3 lead early and good shooting kept the Ducks in the game for a while. They made 46.2 percent of their shots in the first half, with Amanda Delgado (15 points) and Danielle Love (14 points) both playing well.

"We were giving them too much space," CU head coach Linda Lappe said. "Good offensive players, they don't need very much space to be able to get their shot off. We were treating them more like drivers than shooters."

Colorado used two big runs to take a 43-31 lead into halftime, though. After falling behind 10-3, CU went on a 13-0 run. Later, after Oregon went ahead 25-23, CU went on a 14-0 run to take a 37-25 lead late in the half.

The Buffs then opened the second half with a 10-2 run to take a 20-point lead. The lead got as big as 27 when Atchley hit her layup with 21.5 seconds left.

With the win, the Buffs improved to 3-1 in February, and have won each of the last three games by at least 14 points.

"We just focused more on us (after a 62-46 loss to UCLA on Feb. 1) and realized we're a great team and as long as we play together we're one of the best teams in the nation," Wilson said.

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What went right

CU had several players come through on offense, while the defense generated 21 turnovers, 16 of those on steals.

What went wrong

The Buffs played too loose on defense early on, allowing Oregon to hang around for much of the first half.

Star of the game

Chucky Jeffery. She was great once again, with 15 points, 15 rebounds and three assists. It was her third consecutive double-double.

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